Seldovia, Alaska

Seldovia (Alutiiq: Angagkitaqnuuq; Dena'ina: Angidahtnu; Russian: Селдовия) is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

The Alaska Native people of Seldovia make up approximately one quarter of the population and have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) descent, as well as some Dena'ina.

the early Russian St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, started in 1820, was built on top of an older aboriginal Inuit village site.

Until the development of a more complete road system in Alaska, Seldovia was an important "first stop" for ships sailing from Seward, Kodiak and other points outside Cook Inlet.

After the Good Friday earthquake on March 27, 1964, which registered 9.2 on the moment magnitude scale, the surrounding land mass dropped six feet.

Seldovia's "boardwalk" before the earthquake was thick wooden plank and piling, and the town's main street was built almost entirely along the waterfront.

The sudden sinking of the land caused higher tides, peaking at 32 feet, to completely submerge the boardwalk and flood the homes and businesses along the waterfront.

The waterfront was rebuilt (known at the time as "urban renewal") using fill from Cap's Hill, which was demolished to rebuild the town on higher ground.

Today charter boats keep busy bringing the visiting sport fishermen to the fishing grounds of Kachemak Bay and other nearby waters.

[12] The school, Seldovia Village Tribe, City, and commercial fishing related businesses are the dominant employers in town.

In children adventure book Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, name, description, and visual depiction of the town Snowdovia is based on that of Seldovia.

Seldovia as it appeared in the early 20th century.
Main Street before the Old Boardwalk, June 1908
Schooner Beach shop.
Climate chart for Seldovia
The Crab Pot Grocery.
Fishing boats docked in the Seldovia harbor on a foggy day.
Kenai Peninsula Borough map